Celestial Empire

The Celestial Empire (also the Skyriver Empire or, erroneously, as the "Third Celestial Range") was a political body that governed the Galaxy for much of the history before the rise of the Galactic Republic. It was the third galaxy-spanning territory the of Celestials, the first and second being more loosely organized federations.

It was founded in about 1,000,000 BBY, when the Celestials first entered the Galaxy. In 100,010 BBY, it was replaced by the Dominion of the Celestials, which itself would later exist in conjunction with the League of the Six Kingdoms. Both would eventually be replaced by the Infinite Empire of the Rakata, at which point the Celestials would become extinct. The actions taken by the Celestial Empire are thought to be the cause of many astrophysical abnormalities in the Galaxy, such as the Corellian System and the Maw Cluster.